The year 1912 proved to be a turning point for the history of automobile travel. J.W. Parmley of Ipswich, South Dakota proposed the creation of the first transcontinental automobile highway in the ...
WATSON, Minn.-A century before MapQuest or Google Maps were invented, motorists using one of the country's first coast-to-coast highways followed the "Yellowstone Trail" by watching for chrome yellow ...
MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — In the beginning, there were no roads. Yet, in the span of only seven years — 1912 to 1919 — the Yellowstone Trail came to be. The coast-to-coast car route was built by the ...
The publication is produced by the Yellowstone Trail of Minnesota, a state-affiliate nonprofit of the national Yellowstone Trail Association. Both organizations work to preserve and promote the ...
Some National Parks — like Yosemite in California, Grand Canyon in Arizona, Zion in Utah, and Great Smoky Mountains on the East Coast — are famous for their trails that appeal to seasoned hikers.
GRANITE FALLS — It was over a century ago that a group of business owners gathered in Ipswich, South Dakota, intent on getting a road built to help their communities grow and attract new residents.